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Surveying their kingdom 😂🤣💕. Today was su Surveying their kingdom 😂🤣💕. Today was such a beautiful day, we had to go out for a walk! Our aim was to find some ancient rock art hidden in the Trossachs.

After a walk along part of the Rob Roy Way we turned off along a boggy upland area to get to the rock carvings scattered across the hillside. Swipe across to see the cup and ring markings. I thought they were under a thin layer of moss, but it turns out it’s more like pulling a huge layer of turf off!! We placed the moss/grass/rushes back onto the stones to protect them once we had finished. Amazing to think they were made thousands of years ago!

We’ll head back along the Rob Roy Way again soon.  The section we turned off at was getting so pretty with views to the mountains in the North! Our view was down across the Carse of Stirling to Lake of Mentieth. You can see the island that @historicscotland Inchmahome Priory is located. Hopefully we can visit it again later this year, it’s a favourite of ours as you get a small boat across to the island.

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[AD] Winter is always a difficult time for keeping [AD] Winter is always a difficult time for keeping healthy, there's less sunlight, we need more effort to get outside with all the layers, then throw in a pandemic where we can't go far!  We've taken to walking and cycling as much as we can.  Although recently I seem to have spent most my time standing around on snowy hills whilst the kids use snow scooters to go down them.  Fortunately the snow has melted now so we can have longer cycles again!
 
Eating healthy is important too and I'm making a concerted effort to eat more fruit and vegetable and cooking things from scratch.

However, I still believe it's important to take vitamin supplements to ensure our bodies have enough to properly function.  Vitamins D3 and K2 are especially important in winter when we don't get enough sunlight.  For the children the multivitamins are definitely important, particularly if they are fussy eaters and don't eat a huge variety!

We've been taking these @avacarevitamins supplements that the kids like.  They taste great and Avacare has great family orientated values that I love!  They won't include any ingredients that they wouldn't want to give their own kids! 💕
 
Do you take vitamin supplements?

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[AD] With Mother's Day coming up and the weather n [AD] With Mother's Day coming up and the weather not exactly the best for playing outside for long, we've been doing some more crafting.  The kids love @Bakerrossltd craft kits and we often use them for our home ed activities.

However this time they've been creating a few Mother's Day gifts for me.  They were particularly taken with the little jewellery boxes and beads for making bracelets.  So they have each decorated a box and jewellery, however I'm not convinced they want to give up their creations to me!  Just look how pleased they are with the jewellery boxes!  Perhaps they will need to choose another craft to make for me. Ha ha!

Baker Ross have a huge range of crafts for kids.  You can easily find something to make for Mother's Day or even just to keep the kids busy on a rainy day.  Their crafts are fantastic! We're looking at getting some Easter crafts for the kids next.

What crafts do your kids like to make for Mother's Day?

You can currently get free delivery on orders £25 and over until 1st March with code MDAY25FREE. 

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[AD] It’s another snow day today, This was taken [AD] It’s another snow day today, This was taken yesterday and we’ve had more snow since! The kids have hardly been inside today! 🤣

They were happy enough running about jumping in the snow with their new @welovefrugi outfits. The eldest has the reversible toasty trail jacket, Cody jeans and Bertie belt bag. Littlest has the elephant puddle buster coat and matching wellies, rainbow cuffed joggers and Bertie belt bag. The belt bags are definitely a favourite item, so good for storing snacks in on short walks and putting treasure in for the way home too! 😂💕

I’m loving all the new Frugi designs, they are so joyful at this time of year when the skies are usually grey!

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How is 2021 treating you so far?! January hasn’t How is 2021 treating you so far?! January hasn’t been the best start with lockdown. Although seeing all the vaccination numbers going up has been great, in our area it’s now the over 70’s turn this month. 🙌🏻💕 The case numbers are going back down again and there’s hope for some ‘normality’ returning in the next month or so. When I say normality I mean not lockdown!!

I have high hopes for the rest of the year and continue to be optimistic about things getting better! Only another month until it’s Spring and things start to be a little brighter and warmer outside!

Are you optimistic for the rest of this year?

*Teddy is a previously gifted year bear from Steiff.

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This boy of mine doesn’t get enough space in my This boy of mine doesn’t get enough space in my grid. Mainly as he doesn’t often want photos! So I took my chance when he let me take a few the other day!

We had a fun walk up a nearby hill to play in the snow and make snow sculptures. The snow had frozen and turned into ice crystals, so the kids spent a good chunk of time lying in the snow looking at (and eating 🤣) the snow crystals!

We’ve only had rain the last few days so I’m looking forward to some more frosty blue sky days.

How are you coping at the moment? I’m getting quite sick of lockdown now. It seems never ending! Not the easiest time, at least last spring we had beautiful weather. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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It looks like a lot of you have had snow this week It looks like a lot of you have had snow this weekend?! I’m kind of glad we haven’t had anymore at the moment, we seem to have had a lot at the beginning of the month and I’m feeling a bit snowed out now! 😂 We did go up in the hills today to find snow to make some Andy Goldsworthy inspired art, check my stories out!

It’s been freezing temperatures up until lunchtime most mornings! Not that it deters the kids, they still happily go out to play with their friends on the street (*kids under 12 can play together in Scotland, only 2 over 12’s though*).

We’ve started working on the John Muir Discovery Award this month. The kids are enjoying it, especially some of the game challenges! Doing a taste test for the senses challenge may be their favourite. It also may possibly be a new way to get them trying new foods...

We’ll be taking part in the Big Garden Bird Watch too. Got our telescope and binoculars ready. The feeders in our garden have been full, which is fab to see! Are you taking part this year?

The kids hats were previously gifted by @welovefrugi, as was the telescope from @learningresourcesuk 

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You can see the two types of weather 🌧☀️tod You can see the two types of weather 🌧☀️today in this picture here! We went for a cycle and picnic lunch in the blue skies. From our picnic spot we could see huge dark clouds headed our way and so quickly rushed the picnic and cycled home again!

Fortunately we made it home before we were completely soaked through.  There was a pretty rainbow though. 🌈😍 That always makes the wet weather look better!

Nothing incredibly exciting to report here. Lockdown is getting a bit monotonous and I’m trying to work out how far we are allowed to travel. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I don’t know if it’s 5 miles, 5 miles from our LA boundary or not at all. It would be nice to go for some different walks nearby now the snow has melted!

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Happy birthday to my 7 year old today! The jump fr Happy birthday to my 7 year old today! The jump from 6 to 7 seems huge! It feels so grown up 😱 to say my youngest is now 7!! 

But he’s still the same cheeky child he has always been. That cheeky smile and always wanting to show off! 🤣 We’ve had a difficult year with less time with family and friends, but he’s take it all in his stride. 💕

As usual he chose a themed cake for me to make him. The request was for a unicorn cake with sweets inside, he seemed very happy with this attempt of mine fortunately!

We also had party games (pass the parcel with 3 of us is not easy!), lots of food, dancing with disco lights and watching Descendants 3! It’s fair to say he’s rather tired now! 🤣😴 Hope you all had a lovely Monday despite lockdown!

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Happy New Year! So this year has started with some Happy New Year! So this year has started with some gorgeous cold and frosty days. The kids have spent most the time outside sledging on frost and ice it breaking the ice in ponds and puddles.

The rest of the month will probably be less fun. We are back into lockdown again from tonight in Scotland. As annoying as it  can be, I can see why it’s completely necessary if are to beat this new strain of the virus. So fingers crossed that the lockdown works and February can perhaps be less restricted?!

My inbox is always open if anyone needs to chat. I know it’s not easy for everyone with these further restrictions. 💕

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Tantallon Castle – East Lothian

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